adelgid

adelgid
adel·gid

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  • adelgid — noun A common name for insects of the genus Adelges. For this reason, it is important that adelgid free planting stock be used …   Wiktionary

  • adelgid — noun any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers • Hypernyms: ↑plant louse, ↑louse • Hyponyms: ↑balsam woolly aphid, ↑Adelges piceae, ↑spruce gall aphid, ↑Adelges abietis, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • adelgid — /euh del jid/, n. any of various homopterous insects of the family Adelgidae, as Adelges abietis (spruce gall aphid) and Pineus pinifoliae (pine leaf aphid), that feed and form galls on conifers. [ < NL Adelgidae, equiv. to Adelg(es) a genus name …   Universalium

  • Gall adelgid — Taxobox name = Cooley Spruce Adelgid image width = 240px image caption = nymph stage of Cooley Spruce adelgid regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hemiptera superfamilia = Phylloxeroidea familia = Adelgidae genus =… …   Wikipedia

  • Hemlock woolly adelgid — Taxobox name = Hemlock woolly adelgid image width = 240px image caption = Evidence of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid on Hemlock regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hemiptera superfamilia = Phylloxeroidea familia = Adelgidae… …   Wikipedia

  • Balsam woolly adelgid — Taxobox name = Balsam Woolly Adelgid image width = 250px image caption = Adult Balsam woolly adelgid regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hemiptera superfamilia = Phylloxeroidea familia = Adelgidae genus = Adelges… …   Wikipedia

  • balsam woolly adelgid — noun also balsam woolly aphid : a woolly adelgid (Adelges piceae) native to Europe that has been introduced accidentally into the United States where it is a serious and usually lethal pest of fir trees (as the balsam fir and Fraser fir) see… …   Useful english dictionary

  • hemlock woolly adelgid — noun : a woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) of Formosa, Japan, and the northwestern United States that has been introduced into the eastern United States where it is a serious pest of the eastern hemlock see woolly adelgid herein …   Useful english dictionary

  • woolly adelgid — noun Etymology: adelgid ultimately from New Latin Adelges, probably irregular from Greek adēlos unseen Date: 1987 either of two aphids (genus Adelges) with a white woolly coating that have been accidentally introduced into North America: a. one… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • woolly adelgid — noun A common name for insects of either species Adelges piceae or Adelges tsugae. In some parts of the Northeast, woolly adelgid<!sic and aphids are serious pests …   Wiktionary

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